Built in the woods near the Klyazminskoe Lake in Russia, the simple and elegant Pirogovo <a href="http://inhabitat.com/the-globe-hedron-is-a-geodesic-greenhouse-for-urban-farmers/" target="_blank">greenhouse</a> seems to radiate warmth. The greenhouse was part of a larger building enterprise designed by <a href="http://www.totan.ru/en/workshop/totan/index.html" target="_blank">Totan Kuzembaev Architects</a> for Alexander Ezhkov, the owner of Pirogovo Resort. It was commissioned by the owner to grow healthy vegetables and greens for the rest of the resort.

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Pirogovo Greenhouse Totan Kuzembaev Architects

The greenhouse is a glass-faced volume with a pitched roof, consisting of a main growing area, the tambour and a porch.

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Pirogovo Greenhouse Totan Kuzembaev Architects

Most of its envelope was assembled from a stainless <a href="http://inhabitat.com/solar-glass-generates-power-through-your-windows/" target="_blank">glass system</a> that allows combining different support materials to bear the load of each façade fragment.

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Pirogovo Greenhouse Totan Kuzembaev Architects

The double structure becomes visible at night when the building turns on special phyto lamps, which are fastened at the bottom belt of the framework.

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Pirogovo Greenhouse Totan Kuzembaev Architects

At night the greenhouse becomes a complex structure that has a smaller house “inscribed” into a larger one.

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Pirogovo Greenhouse Totan Kuzembaev Architects

The wooden structure bolstered by aluminum structural elements that are painted dark grey.

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Pirogovo Greenhouse Totan Kuzembaev Architects

The greenhouse is made of wood, and its skeleton creates the appearance of an intricate <a href="http://inhabitat.com/colorful-flatpack-jigsaw-puzzle-turns-into-a-giant-house-of-flags-in-london/" target="_blank">jigsaw puzzle</a>.

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Pirogovo Greenhouse Totan Kuzembaev Architects

Built in the woods near the Klyazminskoe Lake in Russia, the simple and elegant Pirogovo greenhouse seems to radiate warmth. The greenhouse was part of a larger building enterprise designed by Totan Kuzembaev Architects for Alexander Ezhkov, the owner of Pirogovo Resort. It was commissioned by the owner to grow healthy vegetables and greens for the rest of the resort.